Today was our last day in Mumbai. We were out the door with bags packed by 9:20am. We walked around the city on our way to Victoria Terminus to take pictures of the outside. We saw Flora Fountain and Horniman Circle with a very peaceful park, St. Thomas' Cathedral, etc. After that, we tried to find Crawford Market but must have been on the wrong side of Victoria Terminus because we ended up walking down a large industrial looking street and into this extremely sketchy market that I was in a bit of a panic to exit immediately. So....like the rest of the trip...more walking. And, quelle surprise, when we emerged from the filth of the market, we had to walk to find a cab that would take us to Colaba and none would! On the way we walked alongside a shanty-town with really nice Indians in it who wanted us to take their picture and two little boys who ran after me like I was a celebrity just to get my empty plastic water bottle.
Then we walked to Colaba and went to the Prince of Wales Museum which was nice in some ways but we were too hot and exhausted to really enjoy it. We had to catch a 5:40 3 A/C train to Delhi at 5:40 so around 4:15 we left the internet cafe that we slipped into after lunch of curry at Food Inn, got our bags from the hotel, and took a cab to Mumbai station. Traffic was bad and I was starting to get nervous that we would miss our non-refundable train but we made it there and got on it with no hassles.
The third class compartment of the train is nothing special but also could have been A LOT worse. Thankfully most people speak English in this country and the men in our compartment were very helpful. We got lots of food and it was pretty good, too! It still doesn't compare to the curry that we had on Thai Air!!
I slept with all the bags behind my legs on the top bunk because I can fit up there no problem. The ride was relatively smooth except for one record-breaking snorer in the next compartment and one disagreement over alcohol that drew crowds and cops at one stop. Overall, train, piece of cake...
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